ix FRANS HALS 25 88. A Boy playing the Violin. In a niche overgrown with foliage. Engraved by G. White, 1732. SSc. A Very Droll Violin-Player. 24 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 16, 1760, No. 34 (7 florins 25). 88^. A Violin-Player in Spanish Costume. 22 inches by 25 inches. Sale. William van Wouw, The Hague, May 29, 1764 (Terw. 358), No. 1 6 or No. 117 in the original catalogue (60 florins). 89. A Laughing Violin-Player. Half-length. He is in front of a table on which lies a music-book a little to the left. He holds a flute in one hand, a violin in the other. Canvas, 25 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Hermann Aarentz of Deventer, Amsterdam, April II, 1770, No. 16 (80 florins, Yver). 90. A Youth holding a Flute. He looks surprised. Canvas, 26 inches by 2i| inches. Sale. S. J. Stinstra and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1822, No. 64. 90*7. A Merry Violin- Player. He appears to be singing. Canvas, 31 inches by 26 inches. Sale. C. Buys, Amsterdam, April 4, 1827, No. 27 (20 florins). 91. A Youth with a Mandoline. A well-dressed youth sits playing the mandoline j he is apparently singing to his own accompani- ment. Sketchy. Panel, 20 inches by 15 inches. Sale. P. M. Kesler, C. Apostool, and others, Amsterdam, May 13, 1844, No. 38 (20 florins, Roos). 9 1 a. A Bagpiper. Half-length. He faces slightly to the right. He wears a fur-trimmed cap with a long plume, and a grey doublet slashed at the shoulder to show his white shirt-sleeves. A copy after a lost original. [Pendant to 91^.] Signed with a false monogram at top to the left ; canvas, 8| inches by 7 inches. In the Schloss, Neustadt. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 448. 9 1 b. A Violin-Player. M. 213. Half-length. He plays and bends down slightly to the right. His face is turned upwards. His mouth is open as if he were singing. He wears a fur cap, a red doublet, and a dark coat. The background is light brown. A copy of an original which, according to the Schwerin catalogue of 1890, is in the Schloss Banzin near Hagenow. [Pendant to 91*2.]
